bagpipe
bagpipe — 名詞
1. a wind instrument with a leather bag that the player fills with air, then squeez
風笛
靠氣囊送氣的傳統吹奏樂器
a wind instrument with a leather bag that the player fills with air, then squeezes so the air flows out through one or more thin tubes to make a loud, droning sound.
Kofi learned to play the bagpipes from his grandfather in a small village.
Kofi 在一個小村莊裡跟著爺爺學吹風笛。
play the bagpipes (typical collocation)
The sound of bagpipes drifted across the misty hills at sunrise.
日出時分，風笛的聲音飄過了霧氣朦朧的山丘。
the sound of bagpipes (frequent collocation)
Six musicians in red jackets carried their bagpipes onto the wooden stage.
六位穿著紅色外套的樂手抱著他們的風笛走上木製舞台。
Uri tucked the bagpipes under her arm and began a slow tune for her grandmother's funeral.
Uri 把風笛夾在腋下，為祖母的喪禮吹起一首慢板曲子。
Imani squeezed the bag and the bagpipe filled the square with a loud, droning tune.
Imani 擠壓氣囊，風笛響亮、低沉的曲調便迴盪在整個廣場上。
- pipes
informal short form, very common in Scottish and Irish contexts
- Highland pipes
specific name for the Scottish version with three drones
- uilleann pipes
Irish bellows-blown variety, softer in tone
文法句型
a/the bagpipes
play the bagpipes
用法筆記
Most often used in the plural form 'bagpipes', even when referring to one instrument. The verb 'play' takes 'the bagpipes' with the definite article, like other instrument names.
常見錯誤
2. the Scottish form of this instrument, having one tube with finger holes for the
蘇格蘭風笛
蘇格蘭傳統的三低音管風笛
the Scottish form of this instrument, having one tube with finger holes for the melody and three longer tubes that hold a single steady note while the player blows air into the bag.
At the Edinburgh festival, dozens of players in kilts marched while sounding the bagpipes.
在 Edinburgh 的節慶上，數十位穿著蘇格蘭裙的樂手一邊行進一邊吹奏蘇格蘭風笛。
common Scottish cultural setting
Aunt Fiona learned the bagpipes as a girl in a small Scottish town near Inverness.
Aunt Fiona 小時候在 Inverness 附近的一個蘇格蘭小鎮學蘇格蘭風笛。
subject + verb + the bagpipes
The piper tuned the three drone pipes of his bagpipes before the parade began.
遊行開始前，這位風笛手調整了蘇格蘭風笛的三根低音管。
The wedding ended with a piper leading the guests outside, his bagpipes echoing off the stone walls.
婚禮最後由一位風笛手帶著賓客走出室外，他的蘇格蘭風笛聲在石牆間迴盪。
- Highland pipes
the standard formal name for the Scottish variety
- Great Highland bagpipe
official name; used in classical and military contexts
文法句型
the bagpipes (Scottish context)
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: this sense names the specific Scottish instrument with three drone pipes, not any bag-and-pipe instrument worldwide. Often appears with cultural cues like 'Scottish', 'Highland', 'kilt', or place names.
常見錯誤
bagpipe — 形容詞
1. describing music, lessons, or events that involve bagpipes, or sounds that come
風笛的
與風笛或風笛聲有關的
describing music, lessons, or events that involve bagpipes, or sounds that come from bagpipes.
Kofi signed up for bagpipe lessons at the community centre near his school.
Kofi 在學校附近的社區中心報名了風笛課程。
attributive: bagpipe + noun (lessons)
A loud bagpipe tune filled the cold morning air during the village parade.
村裡遊行時，一段響亮的風笛曲子充滿了寒冷的早晨。
bagpipe + tune
Her favourite radio show plays traditional bagpipe music from the Scottish Highlands.
她最愛的廣播節目都會播放來自蘇格蘭高地的傳統風笛音樂。
The school formed a small bagpipe band that practised every Thursday afternoon.
學校組了一支小型風笛樂團，每週四下午都會練習。
- piping
more often used for the action or art of playing, as in 'piping competition'
文法句型
bagpipe + noun (music, band, tune, lesson)
用法筆記
Used only before a noun, never after the verb 'be'. Some dictionaries treat this use as a noun acting as a modifier rather than a true adjective; in everyday writing, the difference does not matter.